Ensley Highlands
Ensley Highlands is a neighborhood in Birmingham's Five Points West community. It is bounded by the neighborhoods of Belview Heights, Central Park, Fairview, Tuxedo, and Ensley.
Indicator Details
| Indicators |
Primary Domain |
Indicator Value | Rank | Tier | Indicator Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business Retention | Economic Health | 0.0% | 22 | Top | 1.00 |
| Access to Mainstream Financial Services | Economic Health | 26.8% | 71 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Local Business Vitality | Economic Health | 82.0% | 9 | Top | 1.00 |
| Payday Loans | Economic Health | 0.6 | 47 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Adult Educational Attainment | Educational Opportunities | 76.5% | 57 | Middle | 3.00 |
| High School Graduation Rate | Educational Opportunities | 75.8% | 65 | Middle | 3.00 |
| School Readiness Scores | Educational Opportunities | -% | - | Data N/A | 1.00 |
| Preschool Enrollment | Educational Opportunities | 14.9% | 61 | Middle | 3.00 |
| Reading Proficiency | Educational Opportunities | 18.1% | 15 | Top | 3.00 |
| Residential Proximity to Traffic | Environmental Hazards | 15.7% | 93 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Proximity to Brownfield Sites | Environmental Hazards | 0.0% | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| School Proximity to Traffic | Environmental Hazards | 0.0% | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| Proximity to Superfund Sites | Environmental Hazards | 11.6% | 69 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Toxic Releases from Facilities | Environmental Hazards | 75.4% | 48 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Public Assisted Households | Employment Opportunities | 51.7% | 61 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Employment Rate | Employment Opportunities | 85.0% | 46 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Long-Term Unemployment | Employment Opportunities | 2.9% | 38 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Travel Time to Work | Employment Opportunities | 28 | 85 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Age of Housing | Housing | 92.3% | 86 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Blood Lead Levels in Children | Housing | -% | - | Data N/A | 1.00 |
| Excessive Housing Cost Burden | Housing | 47.2% | 79 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Vacancy Rates | Housing | 19.1% | 43 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Violent Crime | Health Systems and Public Safety | 87.2 | 49 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Chronic School Absence | Health Systems and Public Safety | 26.4% | 64 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Low Birth Weight | Health Systems and Public Safety | -% | - | Data N/A | 1.00 |
| Motor Vehicle Collisions | Health Systems and Public Safety | 8.3 | 67 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Preventable Hospitalizations | Health Systems and Public Safety | - | - | Data N/A | 1.00 |
| Pedestrian & Bicycle Injuries by Motor Vehicles | Health Systems and Public Safety | 0.2 | 55 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Public Health Nuisances | Health Systems and Public Safety | 64.9 | 44 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Infant Mortality Rate | Health Systems and Public Safety | 21.3 | 95 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Tree Cover | Natural Areas | 0.6% | 65 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Access to Parks and Open Space | Natural Areas | 96.3% | 45 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Food Desert | Neighborhood Characteristics | 100.0% | 56 | Middle | 2.00 |
| Walkability | Neighborhood Characteristics | 75.3 | 25 | Top | 4.00 |
| Land Use Mix | Neighborhood Characteristics | 0.7 | 9 | Top | 1.00 |
| Offsite Alcohol Outlets | Neighborhood Characteristics | 0.2 | 40 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Residential Mobility | Social Cohesion | 80.4% | 65 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Voter Participation | Social Cohesion | 4.2% | 81 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Commute Mode Share | Transportation | 22.8% | 27 | Top | 4.00 |
| Household Transportation Costs | Transportation | 23.4% | 29 | Top | 4.00 |
| Pedestrian Connectivity | Transportation | 182 | 7 | Top | 4.00 |
| Transit Accessibility | Transportation | 6.3 | 30 | Top | 4.00 |
| Abandoned Structures | Blight | 16.1% | 73 | Bottom | 5.00 |
| Tax Delinquent Properties | Blight | 18.6% | 47 | Middle | 5.00 |
| Visual Property Nuisances | Blight | 16.8% | 57 | Middle | 5.00 |
Demographic and Contextual Indicators
| Neighborhood | City Wide | |
|---|---|---|
| Income Inequality | 0.4 | 0.49 |
| Concentrated Poverty | 32.1% | 30.9% |
| Life Expectancy | 68.5 | 78.8 |
| Population | 4,757 | 210,616 |
| Racial and Ethnic Diversity | 0.3 | 0.44 |
| Park Quality | 74.5 |